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they leave saturday morning to washington, d.c. to meet their other colleagues, 30 other students out of the 120 that applied. and they will go from d.c. to -- you guys are flying into -- to dubai and from dubai into dhaka. and they will spend four weeks in bangladesh, two weeks with a host family. a week in the man groves in the forest on a boat and a week doing service learning. congratulations. dana, or laura, if you would like to come up and say a little something. >> hi. i am the international program manager at world savvy. i was introduced to this organization because my roommate several years ago pulled me out of
they leave saturday morning to washington, d.c. to meet their other colleagues, 30 other students out of the 120 that applied. and they will go from d.c. to -- you guys are flying into -- to dubai and from dubai into dhaka. and they will spend four weeks in bangladesh, two weeks with a host family. a week in the man groves in the forest on a boat and a week doing service learning. congratulations. dana, or laura, if you would like to come up and say a little something. >> hi. i am the...
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they leave saturday morning to washington, d.c. to meet their other colleagues, 30 other students out of the 120 that applied. and they will go from d.c. to -- you guys are flying into -- to dubai and from dubai into dhaka. and they will spend four weeks in banglades
they leave saturday morning to washington, d.c. to meet their other colleagues, 30 other students out of the 120 that applied. and they will go from d.c. to -- you guys are flying into -- to dubai and from dubai into dhaka. and they will spend four weeks in banglades
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>>shepard: but it is washington and they will look at it and laugh. >> two inmates pulled off a daring escape from a skyscraper jail in downtown chicago. officials say they used bed sheets to make a 200' long rope, and squeezed out of a small window 20 stories up, and scaled down the outside of this high-rise lockup using their homemade rope. they are said to be the first to escape a federal facility in almost two decades. both are convicted bank robbers each facing a harsh sentence. fbi officials say they consider them armed and dangerous. trace has much more on this. how long before officials realized they were missing? you could have looked out the window. >>trace: they know that both of these guys were present for the 10:00 head count on monday night but the bed sheets were not seen until about 7:00 the next morning so this was about an 8 1/2 or nine hour gap the jump they could is gotten. they have been identified and we know that during the night the convicts went to the chicago suburbs and to the homes of his mother and his brother and now as you might imagine the neighbors are
>>shepard: but it is washington and they will look at it and laugh. >> two inmates pulled off a daring escape from a skyscraper jail in downtown chicago. officials say they used bed sheets to make a 200' long rope, and squeezed out of a small window 20 stories up, and scaled down the outside of this high-rise lockup using their homemade rope. they are said to be the first to escape a federal facility in almost two decades. both are convicted bank robbers each facing a harsh...
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rosalind jordan, al jazeera, washington. >> when the peace deal was signed between sudan and south sudan, an area fell through the gaps given to another company. a report from no-man's land on the threat to local livelihood'' and efforts to keep the peace. >> socially, economically, and culturally, -- cattle are of extreme importance. it is not uncommon for them to -- songs about cows. straddling the border between sudan and south to then, it is the traditional home. when the two countries split last year, the fate of the area could not be agreed upon so the status has been undefined for almost 18 months. this disputed land is not just use by the dinca but arab no beds -- nomad come from the north to graze cattle. they say they are happy with the situation as long as they did not likely to the lan. >> they have been coming to the region for the last 250 years and we have never stopped them because they have showed up -- they are around in this region. they used to come for grazing for almost 250 years and we have never stopped them. for them, they used to come only for watering and grazi
rosalind jordan, al jazeera, washington. >> when the peace deal was signed between sudan and south sudan, an area fell through the gaps given to another company. a report from no-man's land on the threat to local livelihood'' and efforts to keep the peace. >> socially, economically, and culturally, -- cattle are of extreme importance. it is not uncommon for them to -- songs about cows. straddling the border between sudan and south to then, it is the traditional home. when the two...
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washington would be a ghost town overnight. that is all anybody who is there now knows how to do. >> means of course all of us taxpayers get a lump of coal in our stocking. i want to add another bad bit of news to your list there. melissa: oh, no. >> don't forget state and local pension systems for the exact same reason pension benefit guaranty corporation will get a bailout at some point you i'm afraid we'll bail out bankrupt pensions systems of california, illinois and some other states in effect copying the greek-french model of economic governance. melissa: yeah. >> it is bad news across the board but definitely bad policy as well because when you reward bad behavior, anybody who has kids knows, what do you get in the future? more bad behavior. melissa: how should we really deal with this from a serious perspective? i'm not in favor of bailing out these agencies. the post office example, let it go bankrupt. let part of its services go private. somebody could come in, that should be a private equity turn around where you cut
washington would be a ghost town overnight. that is all anybody who is there now knows how to do. >> means of course all of us taxpayers get a lump of coal in our stocking. i want to add another bad bit of news to your list there. melissa: oh, no. >> don't forget state and local pension systems for the exact same reason pension benefit guaranty corporation will get a bailout at some point you i'm afraid we'll bail out bankrupt pensions systems of california, illinois and some other...
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gonna change you can in washington d.c. russia's state duma has given its preliminary approval to a ban on americans adopting russian children it's part of a draft law sin is a response to the so-called magnitsky act a list of russians under sanctions by washington the bills drawn both support and criticism from lawmakers here causing a rift in the russian political elite and he got piskun off reports. it's really not clear at the moment if this draft in its current form will indeed become an acting the law because this issue really has put russia's political elite we have heard from several ministers including the foreign minister who spoke against introducing it prime minister dmitry medvedev hasn't openly supported it but he did talk about the need to focus on improving the living conditions for children without parents here in russia the president's spokesman has also said that the evident and the russian rhetoric coming from some members of the international community the emotions of the deputies and some of them are s
gonna change you can in washington d.c. russia's state duma has given its preliminary approval to a ban on americans adopting russian children it's part of a draft law sin is a response to the so-called magnitsky act a list of russians under sanctions by washington the bills drawn both support and criticism from lawmakers here causing a rift in the russian political elite and he got piskun off reports. it's really not clear at the moment if this draft in its current form will indeed become an...
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good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm more in leicester here in washington d.c. these are headlines for tuesday december eighteenth two thousand and one japanese pension funds are starting to invest in gold for the first time according to the wall street journal they're looking to mitigate the damage. risks associated with currencies the paper says until recently they've invested in mostly domestic stocks and bonds will have more on metals with the gold antitrust action committees bill murphy and chris powell here in studio plus the f.c.c. has approved a j.p. morgan copper exchange traded fund reportedly the first one it's backed by physical copper and received the go ahead despite opposition from companies that actually use copper and some lawmakers who opposed it too now the concerns are that it could allow speculators says the market increase price volatility and undermine price transparent bill metal. the new towns judy.
good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm more in leicester here in washington d.c. these are headlines for tuesday december eighteenth two thousand and one japanese pension funds are starting to invest in gold for the first time according to the wall street journal they're looking to mitigate the damage. risks associated with currencies the paper says until recently they've invested in mostly domestic stocks and bonds will have more on metals with the gold antitrust action committees bill...
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in washington d.c. thank you very much. well we'll start with the title of the zone cullum opens got some comment on the he's not desist from the international action center he says it's no surprise to anyone above has got the prize this time around again. i'm a certainly i guess of every other president that served two terms as has been at alabama just like any other president should should get it but many people are very frustrated with the concessions in the united states right now and many are very upset and that with the level of home foreclosures the level of mass unemployment certainly not a more perfect union time magazine as the voice of time warner one of the biggest media conglomerates in the united states that really just speaks for the banks and wall street and as far as they're concerned obama has done very good job of carrying out the policies that the super rich would like to see so as far as the concerned absolutely but in terms of creating a more perfect union a u.s. society is very very unstable and an st
in washington d.c. thank you very much. well we'll start with the title of the zone cullum opens got some comment on the he's not desist from the international action center he says it's no surprise to anyone above has got the prize this time around again. i'm a certainly i guess of every other president that served two terms as has been at alabama just like any other president should should get it but many people are very frustrated with the concessions in the united states right now and many...
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they recently came to washington to be honored. senator inouye was there, and it was a great moment to see these men of the greatest generation who have proven to america their love for this country. none more so than dan inouye. senator reid has recounted in detail the incredible story that earned him the congressional medal of honor. but he is such a humble man. we look back on his life, there were so many aspects of his life that were historic in nature. conversations and working with them. senator reid had the same experience i did. we visited senator inouye's office and it was amazing. there were no awards for this man who had served more than half a century in congress. i said to him, it's interesting that your office has a lot of artwork and photos, but nothing about dan inouye. no, he said and put those things. i wanted everyone to feel that he was coming in here and i didn't want to talk about my party affiliation or anything that i had done. i wanted them to feel comfortable and to know this was a welcome office. that is
they recently came to washington to be honored. senator inouye was there, and it was a great moment to see these men of the greatest generation who have proven to america their love for this country. none more so than dan inouye. senator reid has recounted in detail the incredible story that earned him the congressional medal of honor. but he is such a humble man. we look back on his life, there were so many aspects of his life that were historic in nature. conversations and working with them....